I am getting very excited for my capstone project, yet there is much more work that is needed. In previous posts regarding my capstone, I mentioned that I am working not only with Monica Larson's assistance, as she is my capstone director, but I am also working with a professor from Morehead University in Kentucky. Professor Chen works specifically in women's studies in sports. He has become a huge asset in the progression of my research. In fact, I have just finalized an abstract that I am submitting for the IACS Summit that is going to be held in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2017. This is a conference that accepts just a limited amount of research papers that they then have the writers and researchers deliver to the Summit. With being a dual major in Recreation and Leisure Studies, my advisor on the West side of campus, Dr. Kendig, along with my other professors in that department, attend these conferences and this would be the first to have a Shepherd University student deliver their paper in front of a conference. However, that will only happen if my paper is accepted.
In addition to completing my extended abstract, I have completed my survey questions and I am in the process of entering them into Survey Monkey (a survey machine that helps track the rate success and number of participants) to them be approved by the university to be emailed out to the student body. Once the survey's are completed, it is just a matter of plugging in my findings and reconstruct my paper to solely focus on the perception people have of female sports and media coverage, including sport reporters and journalists. I am extremely excited and am hoping to have this done by the end of October to then present to the faculty by early November.
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